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The British force consisted of the Third Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), under Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike.Artillery support came from six 105mm light guns of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery and the 4.5-in gun of HMS Avenger, Second Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) were in reserve.
On 4 September 2006, four Soviet anti-personnel mines, undetonated since the 1979-1989 Soviet–Afghan War, were set off by members of 3PARA in what became known as the Kajaki Dam Incident. There was a single fatality and seven others were left with seriously life-threatening injuries. [17] 3 PARA soldiers in combat in Afghanistan during 2008
The Falklands War (Spanish: ... On 27 May, men of 45 Cdo and 3 Para started a loaded march across East Falkland towards the coastal settlement of Teal Inlet.
However, since both 2 PARA and 3 PARA were used to reinforce 3 Commando Brigade for the initial landings in the Falklands, 5 Brigade was reinforced with two battalions of Foot Guards then on public duties in London along with the Gurkha battalion.
Andrew Edge – 4 PARA; Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley GBE, KCB, DSO*, MC † Dair Farrar-Hockley MC; Joshua French – prisoner on death row of Democratic Republic of Congo 'Johnny' Frost – Operation Market Garden veteran † Costas Georgiou (also known as "Colonel Callan") – Angolan War mercenary † Tony Geraghty – author
The word and its meaning came to national prominence in the UK during the Falklands War in 1982. After disembarking from ships at San Carlos on East Falkland, on 21 May 1982, Royal Marines and members of the Parachute Regiment yomped (and tabbed) with their equipment across the islands, covering 56 miles (90 km) [2] in three days carrying 80-pound (36 kg) [3] loads.
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert “H” Jones VC was killed charging at an Argentine position during the battle for Goose Green on May 28 1982 in a pivotal moment of the Falklands War.
[2] [3] By April 1982 he was platoon sergeant of 4 Platoon , B Company , 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment , [ 4 ] and deployed with his unit for service in the Falklands War . He was killed during the Battle of Mount Longdon , for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.